The cost of HIV/AIDS in the United States
The cost of HIV/AIDS – both in dollars and in loss of life – in the United States is extremely high:
16. The lifetime cost of medical treatment for HIV/AIDS is more than $1,000,000 per person.
17. While advances in medications to treat HIV/AIDS can extend an infected person’s life, he/she can’t just take a pill and feel better. People living with HIV can take up to 5,000 pills each year – that’s more than 13 pills each day – to treat the disease.
18. More than 14,000 people in the United States die each year from the disease.
19. The proportion of women infected with HIV has tripled since 1985.
20. The earliest known case of HIV infection in humans was in 1959.
Tomorrow, I’ll share with you some final facts about HIV/AIDS.
Michele McClave, Executive Director of the AIDS Council of Northeastern New York, has more than twenty-five years of progressively responsible experience in human services delivery and management, organizational leadership, program development, grant writing, advocacy and direct service with diverse client populations. She has 20 years experience in the field of HIV/AIDS. She created the Ryan White HIV Care Network for Northeastern New York, a consortium of HIV service providers and was the first Director of Client Services at the AIDS Council of Northeastern New York. She was the AIDS Council’s Deputy Executive Director from 1994 to 1999 and appointed Executive Director in June 2000. Under her leadership at the AIDS Council, the agency has more than doubled in size and scope of services. The agency is a leader in the field of HIV/AIDS, particularly in providing cutting edge HIV prevention to high-risk individuals, including HIV and STD testing in community based settings. Ms. McClave is responsible for a $4.5 million annual budget and a staff of 82 in five offices throughout a 15 county area. She is committed to excellence in management and service delivery, holistic provision of services to clients and positive community relations. Ms. McClave is Vice-chair of the Tech Valley Non-Profit Business Council of the Albany-Colonie and Schenectady Chambers of Commerce. Ms. McClave has a Bachelor’s Degree from the Pennsylvania State University and a Masters of Social Work from SUNY Albany’s School of Social Welfare.